Evolutionist Dr Grant urges church cleansing in New York
Dr Percy Stickney Grant, rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension, told his congregation in New York that a sanitized Bible is needed. He urged churches to drop fetishes, reject fables, and embrace evolution, saying he would rather be with ape descendants than Adam, and calling the Old Testament God of Vengeance part of a pagan system.
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New York
Percy Stickney Grant
Protestant Episcopal Church
the Ascen
Hon
Grant
Two Die in Boston From Illuminating Gas
In Boston on February 25 two lodgers died and two others were overcome when illuminating gas escaped into a lodging house in the South End. William J. Kerwin, a lodger, broke down a door and found James A. McDermott dead in bed with gas issuing from two jets. In an adjoining room, Mrs Verna Ramacoury was found dead from gas seepage under the door, while her husband Sylya was affected.
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Boston
Willian J. Kerwin
James A. McDenud
Verna Ramacoury
Sylya
Automobile Accident Report Mixed Up Dialogue
The Philadelphia Bulletin recounts a collision where one driver claims a bottle punctured a tire and another questions visibility. A mistaken quote-filled exchange follows, noting the bottle was reportedly in the pocket of the person struck.
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Joe
Phila Bulletin
Wasted 30 Million Yearly in Dry Oil Wells Says Bureau
Washington February 5 Thirty million dollars a year is wasted in drilling dry holes in U S oil fields. In two years ending 1929 a total of 5814 dry holes were drilled at an average cost of 10000 each. Divining rod methods and forked sticks contribute to wasted wells. Texas has seen the most dry holes. The bureau urges conservative scientific methods in drilling and production to curb losses.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Texas
PLAN BRONZE BULLDOG FOR YALE CAMPUS
New Haven February 26. A letter to the Yale Daily News from Herbert W Bowen Yale 78 and first editor proposes placing a bronze bulldog Yale emblem on the university gift. A four member committee with President James R Angell as chairman would supervise the plan and alumni would fund the sculpture with an estimated six thousand dollars to be paid to the sculptor.
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New Haven
Yale
Yale Daily News
Herbert W. Bowen
Suspected Bandits Held After Mount Pleasant Bank Attempt
Strubenville Ohio Feb 25 Suspected bandits Pwo Inen and an accomplice tied to a Mount Pleasant bank job were brought from Smithfield and jailed. They are held for investigation in the robbery attempt that fatally wounded assistant cashier Harry Price at the People's First National Bank yesterday.
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Strubenville
Ohio
Pwo Inen
People's First National Bank
Mount Pleasant
Harry Price
Smithfield Station
Bronze Tablet to Tell Record of Capt Nesmith
A bronze tablet to be placed on Captain Otto Andrae Nesmith U S Army retired will tell of his military record on burial at Arlington beside his wife The tablet will state his victory in challenging military regulations that limited mention of a soldier s wife on monuments asserting his based achievements.
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NW York
Otto Andrae Nesmith
U.S Army
Arlington National Cemetery
U S Plans Broad Presence in Latin America
Washington reports a decisive U S policy to extend American prestige and commerce across Latin America. Secretary Hughes may visit Uruguay Argentina Chile and Peru after Brazil's Centenary. An arbitration court and armament-limitation accord followed by a Costa Rica canal protocol mark growing U S influence. Brazil welcomes an American naval mission, stirring criticism from Britain and rallying Argentine and Chilean press against encroaching U S power.
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Washington, D.C
America
Europe
Hughes
Rio de Janeiro
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Washington
Costa Rica
United States
Cosa Rica
Brazil
House of Commons
Latin America
South America
League of Nations
Vogelgesang
American Commission of Naval Experts
Lamp Still Burns in Walters House Mystery Story
A Baltimore lamp at the Walters homestead on Mount Vernon Place has burned constantly, tied to a legend about Mrs. Lelane Walters. The tale says William T Walters kept the lamp burning for his daughter until her husband was forgiven, while locals debate hauntings and family estrangement.
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William T Walters
Mount Vernon Place
Walters Gallery
New York
Lelane
Lennie Walters
Walters
Tor
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Obituary notices from Bridgeport area churches and cemetery
Obituaries and funeral notices for Mary A Tierney Ada Regan Emma Turney Mary C Goddu John Kreps Mary Egan William Rapp and George Worthen list survivors funeral times and burial locations, with services held at Sacred Heart St Augustine's St Michael's Mount Grove and Mountain Grove cemeteries and references to local churches and officials.
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Mary A
Tierney
Patrick “Tierney
Bouth Avenue
South End
John
Jamed Tierney
McKeon Brown
Adley
Fairfield Avenue
Sacred ‘Heart Church
St Michael's Cemetery
William II Kelsey
Wiliam IH. Kelsey
Lafayette Street
William H. Day
United, Congregational Church
Bridgeport Bar Association Seaside Club
City Savings Bank
Woinewell
Frank D. Baliee
M. Lyon
A. M. Wooster
J. W. Tracy
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Ada Rega
Ada Gay-Regan
Martin Regan
Mia
Mary Gay
Harry Gay
St. Augustine’s
Bain & Michael's Cemetery
Mary ‘Kennedy
Mra. Mary Or Kennedy
West Evenue
T. Heme
Michae
J. Gannor
John Street
Tha Che of the Sacred Heart
St. “Michael's Cemetery
Mary C. Goddu
Mary C. God_ ‘du
Louis Goddu
James Street
St. Augustine’s Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Mary Ugas
Mary Smith Egan
Patrick
Egan
Ogdenstre
St. Charles Church
William Rapp
Walker and Banks
Airfield Avenaie
Irving L. Smith
Grace M. FE
Lakeview Cemetery
George &. Worthen
George W. Worthen
Brooklyn N. Ys
Mountains Grove Cemetery
William TT
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Robert W. ‘Tarsdale
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Cate J ‘Ears
Hy Devers
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U.S
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Brooklyn
Flatbush
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Pittsburgh
Charley
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Phillies
Clarence Mitchell
Miss Mary Kennedy
Emmma Turney
Emma Turney
William
Turney
Qingering
Henry E. Bishop
Union Cemetery
Easton
John Jkreps
John Kreps
Norman Street
New York Wriday
St. Joseph's Church
Brunswick
Brunswick Records
New York Tuberculosis Association
Gude
Howland
Bridgeport
Conn
Windsor
THE
Howland Dry Goods CO
God
Mitchel Dairy
Berthold A, Baer
Grim Reaper
Charles L. Dennis
State St
Mr. Chares L. Dennis
Stratfield Cafeteria
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Stratfield Hotel
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